berger said:
I think he was going easy on you
He wasn't going easy on the CR 500, as you can hear by the movie, he was pushing all the revs on the available circuit straights ..
I also rode that CR 500 ( have onboard videos on my YouTube channel aswell ), the bike is powerful, but it didn't felt more powerful than my Husaberg 650 ( 60 rwhp @ 7500rpm @ dyno )
The guy on this particular video, has a GAS GAS 300 so he knows how to push a 2-Stroke ..
The CR 500 has complete FMF pipe, jetting and aftermarket reeds, I put these videos on YouTube for people once and for all understand that a stock or with minor modifications is not the MYTH of monstruous performance bike ..
Although, the engine has great potential to be tuned to +90 hp .. but with big bore kit, reving +9000rpm, CR 250 ignition, custom pipe, bigger compression ratio etc etc ..